This paper mobilizes an institutionalism-based approach in order to discuss the factors influencing the recent evolution of the Romanian accounting profession and to advance a tentative prognosis. Using the case of Romania as context for the study, we illustrate how a national profession aligned...

Research Question- What is the perception of various groups about the accountants' competencies in relation to sustainability reporting? Motivation- Extant research provides conflicting views on the role of accountants in sustainability reporting, their competencies and the role of various...

This paper mobilizes an institutionalism-based approach in order to discuss the factors influencing the recent evolution of the Romanian accounting profession and to advance a tentative prognosis. Using the case of Romania as context for the study, we illustrate how a national profession aligned...

This special issue of the journal of Accounting and Management Information Systems is aimed at facilitating a deeper understanding of the changes which have occurred in accounting academia in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), with a regional perspective in mind. The aim of this...

The aim of this paper is to provide an overview of the publications in the Journal of Accounting and Management Information Systems (JAMIS) over the period 2006-2012, and to comment on their characteristics in the context of international practices and of the Romanian particularities. We use...

Idea: The purpose of the paper is to investigate the institutional context in which companies' compliance with IFRS is created over time. Data: We collected financial and non-financial data from the Bucharest Stock Exchange website, from companies' website and from the media, for three pharma...

This paper aims to examine the motivations of choosing accounting as a profession in Romania. The paper is motivated by the recent interest at the international level in understanding the trends in the accounting profession. The theoretical tension arises from the Romanian context given the...

Several calls have been made to investigate the processes of change characterizing academia worldwide. In particular, the tension apparent between the 'universal' models (standards, rankings) on the one hand, and the cultural and social features of academia in specific countries on the other...

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the extent to which accounting internships contribute to forming and developing students' competencies, practical abilities, professional and ethical values and to a more informed understanding of the accounting profession. We focus on the internship...

Research Question- How do accounting versus non-accounting Romanian students perceive the factors influencing the construction of the ethical self? Motivation- The answer is important in the context of accountants' ethics being increasingly under scruity following corporate scandals. Probably...